Programming for Paas: A Practical Guide to Coding for Platform-As-A-Service

ISBN-13: 9781449334901 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 144 str.

Lucas Carlson

Opis

Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) is gaining serious traction among web and mobile developers, but as new PaaS providers emerge and existing vendors upgrade their features, it s hard to keep track of what PaaS has to offer. This thorough introduction takes you through the PaaS model from a developer s point of view, and breaks down the types of services that Google App Engine, Windows Azure, Heroku, Cloud Foundry, and others deliver.Whether you re an entrepreneur or part of a large enterprise development team, this book shows you how PaaS can help you focus on innovative applications, rather than spend your time worrying about technical operations.

• Track the cloud s evolution from IaaS and DevOps to PaaS
• Learn how PaaS combines the simplicity of shared web hosting with the control of dedicated hosting
• Explore the benefits of both portable and non-portable PaaS options
• Apply best practices for moving legacy apps to PaaS and understand the challenges involved
• Write new applications for PaaS from scratch with RESTful meta-services
• Use PaaS to build mobile apps with backend services that scale
• Examine the core services that each major provider currently offers
• Learn the situations in which PaaS might not be advantageous

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